State v. Stinton

Seinfeld, J.*

The trial court dismissed a residential burglary charge against Matthew A. Stinton, reasoning *571that the State lacked proof of Stinton’s intent to commit a crime inside the victim’s home, as required under RCW 9A.52.025. The State had argued that Stinton’s harassment of the victim inside her home in violation of a protection order constituted proof of this element of residential burglary. The State appealed, and we now reverse and remand for trial, holding that the violation of a provision of a protection order can serve as the predicate crime for residential burglary.

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